Rc.No.03/E2/2017 Dated: 19-08-20 17It is hereby notified that the State Level National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme Examination for class VIII will be conducted on 05-11-2017 (Sunday) from 10.00 AM to 01.00 PM in Telugu/ Hindi/ Urdu/ English media at all Revenue Divisional Head Quarters of 13 Districts in the State. The applications will be received through online procedure.I) ELIGIBILITY: A candidate who has/is(i) Scored at least 55% of marks in case of OC/HC and 50% of marks in case of SC/ST/PH or equivalent. grade i.e., B’ for all categories in class VII Examination studied during the year 2016- 17.(ii) Studying in ZP/Government /Local Body /Government aided schools only(iii) Whose parental annual income (both Parent.s put together) is below 1-(.s.1 ,50,000/from all sources for which candidates have to produce latest original Annual Income Certificate issued by the MRO, in case of Private employee and certificate issued by the employer in case of Government employee.The students who are studying VIII class in A.P.Residential High Schools, A.P. Social Welfare Residential Schools, A.P.Tribal Welfare Residential High Schools, Government Ashram High Schools and Kasturba Residential Schools, Model schools with residential facility, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, Kendriya Vidyalayas and in Private unaided Schools are not eligible to appear for NMMS Examination.

(iv) Candidate has also to submit the original caste certificate (issued by t.he Ml-(.O) to t.he Headmaster.(v) Candidate has also to submit t.he Original VII class Pass Memo of Marks to the Headmaster.II) Examination fee is Rs.100/- for OC/BC students & Rs. 50/- for SC/ST/PH students.The examination fcc has to be paid through SBI Collect only (follow user guide).The following are the due dates for remittance of examination fee and for submissionof applications

As per Rc.No.03/E2/2017 Dated: 19-08-2017 It is hereby notified that the State Level National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme Examination for class VIII will be conducted on 05/11/2017 (Sunday) from 10.00 AM to 01.00 PM in Telugu/ Hindi/ Urdu/ English media at all Revenue Divisional I lead Quarters of 13 Districts in the State.

Scholarship Rs. 6000/- per annum

The awardee will receive a sum of Rs. 6000/- per annum . Selected students should open a joint account with their parents in any SBI(State Bank of India) / Nationalized Banks with core banking facility/ESC facility. The Ministry for Human Resource Development, New Delhi will sanction the scholarships and adjust to such list to the SBI, New Delhi for disbursement of scholarships to the awardees. The candidate will get the scholarship amount through SBI.

Eligibility to NMMS 2017

Nearly one lakh students will be selected throughout India. Out of this 4087 scholarships are being allotted to residuary Andhra Pradesh and these distributed among 13 districts. The NMMS examination is conducted every year in the month of November for the students who are studying at present in VIII class in Government/ Local Body/Municipal/Aided Schools are eligible for this examination. The students who got minimum 55% of marks for OC/BC candidates and 50% for SC/ST in VII Standard can apply for the NMMS .

Reservation

As per the State Norms including 3% reservation for P.H candidates. For S.C 15%; S.T 6%; B.C-A 7%; B.C-B 10%; B.C-C 1%; B.C-D 7%, regarding BC-E implementation in NMMS Examination will be considered after receipt of clarification from the government.

Qualifying Percentage in Exam

The percentage of qualifying is 40% to the general candidates, for BC 35%. In the case of SC/ST/PH the qualifying percentage is 25%.

Examination Fee

The examination fee is as per the Govt vide G.O Rt No.713 dated 25/09/2008, permitted the Director of Government Examinations to collect Rs.100/- for OC/BC and Rs. 50/- from S.C/S.T towards examination fee.

4087 NMMS Scholarships to AP

Every year 1,00,000 students will be selected throughout India. Out of which 4087 scholarships are being allotted to residuary Andhra Pradesh and have been distributed among the districts basing on enrollment in VII and VIII Classes for each academic year.